Date Posted: 5 July 2017 منذ اندلاع أزمة اللجوء السوري في لبنان قبل ستة أعوام، واجه هذا البلد الصغير الكثير من التحديات التي استطاع تخطيها إجمالا بفضل دعم المجتمع الدولي والمؤسسات الأممية، التي تداعت لإيجاد حلول لإغاثة أكثر من مليون لاجئ هناك. تعتبر منظمة الغذاء العالمية إحدى المنظمات الأممية التي باشرت بالعمل في لبنان مع… Continue reading برامج الأمم المتحدة الإغاثية في لبنان تساهم بتنشيط الدورة الاقتصادية في البلاد
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WFP Injects 868 Million US$ in the Lebanese Economy
Date Published : 12 June 2017 Original Link: http://www.byblosbank.com.lb/Library/Files/Lebanon/Publications/Economic%20Research/Lebanon%20This%20Week/LTW_495.pdf
UN’s app enables twin Ramadan campaigns
UN’s app enables twin Ramadan campaigns Date Posted : 24 May 2017 Dubai: To mark Ramadan this year, ShareTheMeal, the official app of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), is launching two simultaneous fundraising campaigns: one to help prevent famine in Yemen and another supporting Syrian refugee children and needy Lebanese children in Lebanon.… Continue reading UN’s app enables twin Ramadan campaigns
UN: FOOD INSECURITY AND CONFLICT ACCELERATING GLOBAL MIGRATION
Date Posted : 10 May 2017 BAR ELIAS, LEBANON – Food insecurity and conflict are leading a record-high number of people to flee their homes across the world, the United Nations food agency said. A new study by the World Food Programme (WFP) established a link between the shortage of food and displacement. Each percentage… Continue reading UN: FOOD INSECURITY AND CONFLICT ACCELERATING GLOBAL MIGRATION
In Lebanon and Syria, UN emergency food chief appeals for humanitarian access
Date Published : 4 May 2017 The head of the United Nations emergency food relief agency today appealed for “regular, unimpeded and sustained” humanitarian access during meetings with senior government officials and partners in Lebanon and Syria – his first official visit since assuming office. David Beasley, the Executive Director of the UN World Food… Continue reading In Lebanon and Syria, UN emergency food chief appeals for humanitarian access
Aoun calls for more food aid for refugees
Date Published : 4 May 2017 BEIRUT: During a meeting with the new executive director of the World Food Program Wednesday, President Michel Aoun called for an increase in food aid for refugees in Lebanon. Original Link : http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2017/May-04/404417-aoun-calls-for-more-food-aid-for-refugees.ashx
Direct Cash, Is This The Future Of Humanitarian Aid?
Date Posted : 4 April 2017 BEKAA VALLEY — Across this stretch of eastern Lebanon, some 360,000 Syrian refugees have been living in muddy informal settlements scattered across villages. Whether crammed into flats or stuffed into tents, they are part of the one million Syrians who now live in Lebanon. Although they registered with… Continue reading Direct Cash, Is This The Future Of Humanitarian Aid?
“Das Trauma von 2015 nicht wiederholen”
Date Published: 14 March 2017 “Wiener Zeitung”: Heute jährt sich der Beginn des bewaffneten Konflikts in Syrien zum sechsten Mal. Im Libanon ist mittlerweile jeder dritte Einwohner Flüchtling. Rund 1,5 Millionen Syrer hat der Zedernstaat aufgenommen – gemessen an der Bevölkerung mehr als jedes andere Land. Wie sieht die Versorgungslage des World Food Programme (WFP)… Continue reading “Das Trauma von 2015 nicht wiederholen”
When aid funds a country — not its refugees
Date Posted : 10 March 2017 Business is thriving in a small, chaotic shop in Beirut’s Armenian district. In the space of five minutes, three Syrian refugee families unload armfuls of food onto the counter, sliding the World Food Programme’s e-card toward the cashier. In the wake of the Syrian refugee crisis, shop owner Kervork Kazanjian says… Continue reading When aid funds a country — not its refugees
Using big data to analyse WFP’s digital cash programme in Lebanon
Date Posted : 20 February 2017 Humanitarian programmes have recently started to shift from delivering in-kind aid – such as food, clothes and tents – to cash-based assistance. According to the New York Times, before 2015, 99% of the world’s humanitarian assistance came in the form of goods. By last year, that number had decreased… Continue reading Using big data to analyse WFP’s digital cash programme in Lebanon
WFP Lebanon Media Room 